The concept of cultural identity is explored in the text, The

Rabbits by shaun Tan and John Marsden. The cultural identity of

both the Aboriginal people and British settlers is conveyed through a
range of visual and language techniques.
Statement theme
The rabbits came to Australia and took the ringtail possums
land. They didnt treat the local people nicely though they had very
modern technique. The symbolism, the rabbits represent the
British people, the ringtailed possum represent the aboriginal
people. The rabbits usually grow very quickly shows us that the
British became more and more and took the aboriginal peoples land
very soon. It depicts that at that time, the life of the aboriginal
people is very hard. So the land which was belongs to the aboriginal
people was taken by the British people.
The rabbits which represent the British people coming over and
over, and took the land which is belongs to the ringtail possum
which represent the aboriginal people. The symbolism, this kind of
animalsrabbits usually produce very quickly which depicts us
that a lot of British were coming over. The British people didnt treat
the local people nicely even if they have the higher
The British people were in control. Obviously, the British people
had the higher power, they had more modern technique and
experiment. The contrask, the size with the ringtailed possum and
the rabbits which were very different. The size of the ringtailed
possum which were represent the aboriginal people are much more
smaller than the size of the rabbits which were represent the British
people.
The cultural identity between this two cultures are very
difference. After the British people came here, the local peoples life
are total change. The salience, in the middle in one page of this
book has a rectangle. The style inside and outside of the rectangle
are total difference. The British had very modern technique, and the
aboriginal people live in a very natural life. The local people need
time to get used to this new things. So the gap between this two
kinds of peoples background are very huge.
Colonisation
Allegory
Displacement